Michael Jordan was born in 1963 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. He showed talent in basketball from a young age and received a scholarship to the University of North Carolina. Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984 and led them to six NBA championships before retiring in 1993. He came out of retirement in 1995 to rejoin the Bulls and win three more titles before retiring for a second time in 1999. Regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Jordan continues to earn millions each year from endorsements and owns the Charlotte Bobcats NBA team.

1. The Biography of
Michael Jordan

2. What is a Biography?
A biography is a detailed description or account of
a person's life.
A biography has the following characteristics:
• It describes a real person
• It informs us about their childhood, important
events in their life and their personality
• It shows that the writer knows a lot about this
person

3. Why Michael Jordan?
• He is an interesting sport star
• My godfather has always admired him.
• I enjoy playing basketball.

4. Childhood
• Michael Jordan was born on February
17,1963 in Brooklyn, New York.
• Before he reached his first birthday his
parents: James and Deloris moved the
family to Wilmington, where Michael’s
father built a basketball court in the
backyard of the new house in Wilmington.

5. Childhood
• Michael Jordan had two brothers –Larry
and James and two sisters – Delores and
Roslyn.
• As a child he played three different sports:
football, basketball and baseball.

6. College Career
• Michael Jordan’s basketball skills in high
school drew the attention of University of
North Carolina coaches. The coaches
made sure that Jordan attended Dean
Smith’s basketball camp in 1980.
• Dean Smith was so impressed with Jordan
that he offered him a scholarship.
• This meant that Jordan didn’t have to pay
any college fees.

7. NBA Career
• In 1984, Michael Jordan joined a team
called the ‘Chicago Bulls’.
• He was the best player on the team and
averaged over 37 points each game!
• Michael helped the ‘Bulls’ to win their third
championship in a row.

8. Career
• He retired from basketball in 1933, just 62
days after his father was shot during a
robbery!
• Jordan was very close to his dad so this
was a particularly difficult time for him.
• Then he decided that he wanted to try
baseball because it was his father’s
favourite sport.

9. Career
• Michael Jordan signed a
contract with the Chicago White
Sox and played professional
baseball for one year.
• In 1995 he returned to
basketball and played with the
Chicago Bulls again.
• They won their fourth title on father’s
day
and Jordan dedicated the championship
to his father.

10. Career
• In 1998, Jordan retired from basketball for
a second time – this time for 3 years!
• Maybe he decided he was too young to
retire so he then joined a basketball team
called the Washington Wizards.
• He played for two years and then he truly
ended his basketball career.

11. Olympic Hero
• Jordan also competed at Olympic Level!
• He played on the USA Olympic team in
two different Olympic Games (1984 in L.A
and 1992 in Barcelona)
• They won the Gold medal very easily both
times.

12. Nike
• Jordan signed many contracts with
companies such as Nike, Mc Donald’s and
Gatorade (a popular sports drink).
• He designed his own runners called ‘Air
Jordan’ that made millions of Dollars for
Nike and himself.
• The runners had a logo with Jordan
jumping in the air with a basketball in his
hand.

13. Nike
• The runners were called ‘Air Jordan’
because people were saying that he could
fly through the air.

14. Personal Life
• In 1989 Jordan married his girlfriend and
the couple had three children: Jeffrey,
Marcus and Jasmine.
• Unfortunately in 2006 after 17 years
together, they got divorced.

15. Where is he now?
• Now Michael Jordan is 50 years old.
• He remarried earlier this year in Florida at
a big wedding surrounded by many
celebrity friends.
• He still earns $80 MILLION every year and
is one of the most highly paid athletes in
the world.
• He gets the money from Nike, Gatorade,
Hanes, Upperdeck and 2K sports.

16. Where is he now?
• He also owns a few restaurants, a car
dealership, a motorsports team and a
basketball team called the ‘Charlotte
Bobcats’.
• He lives in this gated mansion in Illinois,
U.S.A

19. • Thanks for listening to my presentation
• I hope you find Michael Jordan interesting
and I hope you enjoyed listening.
• I will finish by showing you a short video of
Jordan doing what he does best.